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Leonid Trauberg

Leonid Trauberg

Леонид Трауберг

1902 – 1990·Odessa, Russian Empire (Ukraine)

Leonid Zakharovich Trauberg was a Soviet film director and screenwriter. He directed 17 films between 1924 and 1961 and was awarded the Stalin Prize in 1941. Trauberg was Jewish, and was fiercely attacked by Soviet authorities during the so-called "anti-cosmopolitan" period following World War II.

Filmography

The Overcoat

The Overcoat

1926
The New Babylon

The New Babylon

1929